DR. MARC SIEGEL: Why Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1s could be a magic shot against alcohol abuse

A few years ago, a dear friend of mine was drunk and crashed his car into his house in the Caribbean. Luckily, both he and his house were OK. It was after this that I discovered he suffered from Alcohol Use Disorder and he was started on naltrexone, an opioid antagonist which also decreases alcohol craving.

My friend got better, and soon his drinking was markedly diminished and he enjoyed the last several years of his life.

But sometimes I wonder if he could have done better, as the...